How to extends a facade in laravel? - php

Question

I'm try extends a facede in laravel 4, but I only get a next error on try calling a method.
Non-static method App\Libraries\Theme::setActive() should not be called statically
Edit
After responce of #Antonio, to change the method to static, let the power of using the keyword $ this-> inside the method.
Symfony \ Component \ Debug \ Exception \ FatalErrorException Using
$this when not in object context in $active = $this->ensureRegistered($active);
My code:
<?php namespace App\Libraries;
use Cartalyst\Themes\Facades\Theme as ThemeBag;
class Theme extends ThemeBag {
/**
* Sets the active theme.
*
* #param mixed $active
* #return Cartalyst\Themes\ThemeInterface
*/
public static function setActive($active)
{
$active = $this->ensureRegistered($active);
if ( ! isset($this->themes[$active->getSlug()]))
{
$this->register($active);
}
$this->active = $active;
include $this->getActive()->getPath() . '\\helpers\\composers.php';
}
}

Answer 1

Basically you'll have to extend an existing Facade:
<?php namespace AntonioRibeiro\Libraries;
class MyEventFacade extends Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event {
/**
* Sets the active theme.
*
* #param mixed $active
* #return Cartalyst\Themes\ThemeInterface
*/
public static function setActive($active)
{
/// do what you have to do
}
}
And then replace (or add it as a new one) to your app/config/app.php:
'aliases' => array(
'App' => 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\App',
...
// 'Event' => 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event',
'Event' => 'AntonioRibeiro\Libraries\MyEventFacade',
...
'File' => 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\File',
'ActiveSession' => 'AntonioRibeiro\Facades\ActiveSessionFacade',
),
Don't forget do execute 'composer dump-autoload'.
I don't have access to those Cartalyst Themes, but the error you where receiving was related to the method you didn't created as static:
public function setActive($active)
{
}
Shoud be
public static function setActive($active)
{
}
You'll find some good information about it here (make a class extending the Request "Facade"): http://fideloper.com/extend-request-response-laravel